Dispensing apparatus.



i. KULICK.

DISPENSING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 10, 1916.

Patented May 8, 1917.

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DISPENSING APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Fatenteol May 8, 1917.

Application filed August 10, 1916. Serial No. 114,112.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISAAC KULIOK, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Dispensing Apparatus, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a dispensing apparatus of novel construction,by means of which cigars, cigarettes or similar articles may besuccessively released and delivered in a simple and reliable manner.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a vertical cross section of a dispensing apparatus embodyingmy invention, showing the container closed;

Fig. 2, is a similar section showing the container open;

Fig. 3, a horizontal section, and

Fig. 4, a vertical longitudinal section of the apparatus with the baseomitted.

The device comprises essentially, a base 1 from which extend upwardly apair of posts 2 to constitute a stand. To the posts is rotatably hung,by pivots 3, a drum or container 4, adapted to hold cigars, cigarettesor other articles to be dispensed. As shown, the drum is formed of atubular shell, which at its ends is set into circular grooves formed ina pair of heads 5. Drum 4 is furnished with a comparatively wide ingressslot controlled by a lid 6, having lmob 7 that carries catch 8, and witha comparatively narrow egress slot 9. Within drum 4, there is mounted afixed gate 10 having an outer curved side, that is concentric to andsnugly engages the inner face of the drum. Gate 10 is carried by a pairof arms 11, lying closely against the inner faces of heads 5, and fittedupon the inwardly protruding ends of pivots 3. Within drum 4 there isfurther contained a longitudinally extending grooved bar or ejector 12,which is pivoted to heads 5 as at 13, and is connected to gate 10 byrods 14. A platform 15 hinged at 16 within the drum rests with its freeend upon ejector 12. A

stop 17, projecting outwardly from one of the heads 5, is adapted tostrike the corresponding post 2, so as to thereby limit the rotation ofthe drum.

Base 1 carries a tray or dish 18 upon which the articles released fromthe drum will drop.

In use, the cigars 19, charged into drum 4, will by platform 15, be intime carried into the groove of ejector 12. When the drum is now turnedslightly forward, ejector 12 will be tilted by arms 14, to turn onpivots 13, and thus dump the cigar out through slot 9, which hasmeanwhile, been opened owing to the travel of said slot beyond gate 10(Fig. 2). When the drum is released, it will be returned to its normalposition by a spring 20, by which return motion, the ejector is againrighted and slot 9 closed.

I claim:

1. A dispensing apparatus comprising a stand, a slotted containerpivoted thereto, a fixed gate mounted within the container, a pivotedejector extending longitudinally through the container, and means foroperatively connecting said ejector to said gate.

2. A dispensing apparatus comprising a stand, a slotted drum havingheads, pivots connecting the drum with the stand, a fixed gate withinthe drum, arms that connect the gate to the pivots, a grooved ejectingmember extending longitudinally through the drum, pivots that connectsaid member to the drum heads, and rods that connect said member to thefixed gate.

ISAAC KULICK.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. U.

